Tag: A Memoir of Kinship and Loss

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A collection of personal essays tracing the ‘long goodbye’ of a daughter lost in childhood. Supported by decades of journals, these stories explore the intricate bonds of adoption, the relationship between first and adoptive mothers, and the enduring kinship that survives death. This is an invitation into the quiet, obsessive work of remembering and the ongoing conversation of a life lived in the wake of loss.

  • Stupid & Hurtful Things People Say

    Stupid & Hurtful Things People Say

    People say [unkind] things to relieve themselves of feelings of pain, anxiety, and loss, not to offer you any relief. It is, in fact, a denial of your humanity to say those things.

  • Lamentations

    Lamentations

    “There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.” (U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the death of his first son at age three).

  • Breakdown

    Breakdown

    What person could possibly handle all this, and such a fragile child, with limited help, and not scream at some point?